diff --git a/Documentation/block/queue-sysfs.rst b/Documentation/block/queue-sysfs.rst
index f261a5c84170..2638d3446b79 100644
--- a/Documentation/block/queue-sysfs.rst
+++ b/Documentation/block/queue-sysfs.rst
@@ -124,6 +124,10 @@ For zoned block devices (zoned attribute indicating "host-managed" or
 EXPLICIT OPEN, IMPLICIT OPEN or CLOSED, is limited by this value.
 If this value is 0, there is no limit.
 
+If the host attempts to exceed this limit, the driver should report this error
+with BLK_STS_ZONE_ACTIVE_RESOURCE, which user space may see as the EOVERFLOW
+errno.
+
 max_open_zones (RO)
 -------------------
 For zoned block devices (zoned attribute indicating "host-managed" or
@@ -131,6 +135,10 @@ For zoned block devices (zoned attribute indicating "host-managed" or
 EXPLICIT OPEN or IMPLICIT OPEN, is limited by this value.
 If this value is 0, there is no limit.
 
+If the host attempts to exceed this limit, the driver should report this error
+with BLK_STS_ZONE_OPEN_RESOURCE, which user space may see as the ETOOMANYREFS
+errno.
+
 max_sectors_kb (RW)
 -------------------
 This is the maximum number of kilobytes that the block layer will allow
diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index ac00d2fa4eb4..2db8bda43b6e 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -186,6 +186,10 @@ static const struct {
 	/* device mapper special case, should not leak out: */
 	[BLK_STS_DM_REQUEUE]	= { -EREMCHG, "dm internal retry" },
 
+	/* zone device specific errors */
+	[BLK_STS_ZONE_OPEN_RESOURCE]	= { -ETOOMANYREFS, "open zones exceeded" },
+	[BLK_STS_ZONE_ACTIVE_RESOURCE]	= { -EOVERFLOW, "active zones exceeded" },
+
 	/* everything else not covered above: */
 	[BLK_STS_IOERR]		= { -EIO,	"I/O" },
 };
diff --git a/include/linux/blk_types.h b/include/linux/blk_types.h
index 7d7c13238fdb..d9b69bbde5cc 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk_types.h
@@ -104,6 +104,24 @@ typedef u8 __bitwise blk_status_t;
  */
 #define BLK_STS_ZONE_RESOURCE	((__force blk_status_t)14)
 
+/*
+ * BLK_STS_ZONE_OPEN_RESOURCE is returned from the driver in the completion
+ * path if the device returns a status indicating that too many zone resources
+ * are currently open. The same command should be successful if resubmitted
+ * after the number of open zones decreases below the device's limits, which is
+ * reported in the request_queue's max_open_zones.
+ */
+#define BLK_STS_ZONE_OPEN_RESOURCE	((__force blk_status_t)15)
+
+/*
+ * BLK_STS_ZONE_ACTIVE_RESOURCE is returned from the driver in the completion
+ * path if the device returns a status indicating that too many zone resources
+ * are currently active. The same command should be successful if resubmitted
+ * after the number of active zones decreases below the device's limits, which
+ * is reported in the request_queue's max_active_zones.
+ */
+#define BLK_STS_ZONE_ACTIVE_RESOURCE	((__force blk_status_t)16)
+
 /**
  * blk_path_error - returns true if error may be path related
  * @error: status the request was completed with